In a back and forth game, dominated by long drives and penalties, USC pulls this one out of the hat. The score was 13-12 USC late in the fourth, when USC’s Matt Leinart connected with Reggie Bush on a swing pass- that went for 47 yards. The extra point was good, and our score 20-12. Texas obviously needed a TD and a two point conversion. They got the touchdown easily, but USC’s Defense stopped a diving Vince Young on the two point conversion.

This game came down to the last second. Florida State tied the game at 17 late in the third with a 42 yard touchdown pass. The two teams then traded touchdowns in the 13 seconds following that, tying the game at 24. The fourth quarter was mostly a field position game as both teams punted twice each. With 1 second remaining on the scoreboard, Penn State kicked a 51 yard field goal to take the win.

In this game, West Virginia could never get their offense rolling. They only had 4 first downs, they were 3-11 on 3rd downs, and 0-2 on 4th downs. They only reached the red zone once, in which they kicked a 23 yard field goal, their only points of the game. Georgia could never really get their offense going either, but they had just enough to get by West Virginia. Georgia relied heavy on their running game, and because of it, they had possession of the football for 7 more minutes than the Mountaineers.

Ohio State jumped out to and early 21-0 second half lead, but Notre Dame rallied back in the third. They scored a touchdown early in the third to push the score to 14-21, before Ohio State rallied back with two of their own. With 3:35 left in the game, Brady Quinn threw a bullet 60 yard TD pass to Rhema McKnight, putting the score to 21-35. The onside kick was recovered by Ohio State. Notre Dame forced them 3 and out, and Notre Dame regained possession. With about 2 minutes left, down 14, Notre Dame ran 11 run plays in a row, gaining 42 yards. That ran the clock to 7 seconds. Their last play Quinn completed touchdown on a hail mary pass to Maurice Stovall, with one second on the clock. 28-35. The Irish kicked an onside kick and recovered, but the clock ticked to zero and the game was over. Without the run plays, they could of tied, or won. Brady Quinn had the best day of both teams by far, throwing for 358 yards and three touchdowns.

Heading into the BCS Bowls, I thought I’d put an end to all this talk and analysis of the games and just lay it on the line here. Using one of my new games, NCAA Football 2006, I will predict the future and simulate all 4 BCS Games.

Of the two games that I used my old game, NCAA 2K3, It’s record was a stunning 1-1. The game correctly predicted: Cal. The game falsely predicted: The Civil War. 40-0 in favor of Oregon State was the final verdict in that simulation, but reality proved that wrong.